Multiple golf club head protector



Waff/Z7 @www @19639 #www 896'! '9 QOJ'BW Pand HOLOEILOHd GVEIH SINO V103 E'IdIL'mIN 0961 SZ 'qacl CIHIH El 'M Safes Per@ This invention relates to` the game of golf and more Particularlygm:.Sepalate compartment hood for the protection ofthewheads of aplurality `of golf clubs.

Itis now commonl practice to protect the heads of golf `cllubs,'fand especially the wood heads of ,drivers,'by encasing the head with 'a detachable wool or like hood glove.

Such protective means is highly necessary and desirable.

However, each club head .is individually so sheathed, andto usetthe.club, it islirstnecessary to remove the hood glove. After the stroke is made, the hood glove is replaced onto the club head. One problem is always the question as to what to do with the hood glove while it is removed and during the time the stroke is being made. This is particularly true of women golfers. Some stuff the hood glove down into the golf bag. Men golfers may place the hood glove in a pocket. The result is that the hood glove is often not returned to the golf head after making the stroke. In fact, the hood glove is frequently misplaced or lost entirely. In any event, the club head becomes damaged when it is not protected. Still another objection to the herebefore golf club head protectors is that, after the game, they must all be removed so that visual observation is possible to determine whether or not a club or clubs need cleaning. Also, a hood glove may be numbered and accidentally placed onto a club head of a different number. Thus, players will quite frequently remove a hood glove to definitely ascertain the club number, and if the hood gloves and clubs are mixed up, it may be necessary to remove several hood gloves before the correct club is found.

Therefore, one of the principal objects of my invention is to provide a golf club head protective means that may be directly associated with a golf bag, thereby eliminating the problem of caring for the same while the golf club is being used to make a stroke.

A further object of this invention is to provide a golf club head protective hood unit that will accommodate a plurality of heads of golf clubs.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a multiple golf club head protective hood means that has a single withdrawal and replacement opening whereby when it is opened the heads of all the golf clubs being protected will be observable.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a multiple golf club head hood container that may be secured to a golf bag or, if desired, used independently of a golf bag.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a golf club head protector that permits a wet or soiled club just used to dry out.

Still further objects of my invention are to provide a multiple golf club head protective hood that is economical in manufacture, durable in use, and rened in appearance.

These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangements, and combination, of the various parts of the icc N device, whereby the objects'contemplated are attained as hereinaftermore fully set forth, specifically pointed out `in my claims, and illustrated the accompanying drawings, in` which:

. Fig. 1 is aperspective view of my device in use on a golf bag; f.

Fig. 2 is a side view of my protective hood in open condition and illustrating the holding of a golf club there- 1in; and

Fig-3 is` an enlarged horizontal cross sectional View of my device taken on line 3-3of Fig. 1, and more fully illustrates its construction. A..

In'ithese drawings, I have used the numeral y10 to generally designate an ordinary golf bag open at its top. The numeral 11 generally designates a golf club having Vthe golf club head portion'lZ. I have used the numeral '13 totgenerally designate my hood having an open bot- 'the inside top area of the hood is enlarged-to accommodate the heads of the golf clubs to be protected. In the top portion 18 is an elongated opening 19 extending parallel to the side and back portion. This slit opening 19 is closable by being closed by an ordinary Zipper 20, as shown in Fig. l. The sides 16 and 17 and the top 18 are narrow in width relative to the width of front 14 and back 15 so that the complete item has considerable spread but narrow width, as shown in Fig-3. I have a plurality of compartments in the device and any suitable number may be created by vertical partition walls. In the drawings, I show three spaced apart vertical partition walls 21, 22 and 23. These three partitions are secured to (by sewing or like), and extend between thefront 14 and back 15, as shown in Fig. 3, and create the four compartments 24, Z5, 26 and 27. The partitions 21, 22 and 23 extend from near the bottom of the unit upwardly to near the top of the unit. Due to the shape of my golf club head hood, the compartments 24, 25, 26 and 27 will have their lower ends embracing the shaft portions of the golf clubs and their upper areas will embrace the heads of the golf clubs, as shown in Fig. 2. The lower end portion of the hood may be extended into the inside top area of a golf bag, as shown in Fig. 1. It may be permanently secured to the golf bag or may be detachably secured thereto by any suitable means. In the draw ings, I have secured a plurality of hooks 30 on the bottom end of the hood which may be hooked into the golf bag wall. When'my device is used with a golf bag, the major portion of the golf club shafts will extendtdownwardly into the golf bag. The upper or head end of the golf clubs will be in the compartments, respectively, of my t hood and will be individually protected and separated from each other. To remove a club, the Zipper fastener is opened and the heads of all four clubs will be on display and the one desired will be selected and merely lifted upwardly, free of the bag and hood. The club is as easily replaced and the Zipper fastener closed. The hood compartments will rather loosely embrace the club heads, thereby permitting them to dry, provided they had 'rack 32 for holding :tees 33.

vas leather, plastic, or like. 'If the material selected is" waterproof, the heads of the .clubs-will .be .protected `from Y the weather. Usually, only the wooden headed clubs will be housed in my hood unit and the other clubs inserted iinto ,the `golf .bag `at one iside-of the hood. However, Iif

desired, Amore ithan one of my hood units may be secured linto a single golf bag. lf `desired,=.ordinary `shaft `tubes may extend downwardly from my hoodun'it into the golf bag. Onfthe face 14 of my iunit, I provide apocket 31 for holding various items. On the poclet I haye a vtee iSome yeha-nges may `he madein :the construction :and arrangement of my multiple golf olub head protector without departing from the real spiritfand purposepflmy 'y i invention, and rit is my intention ito `cover by 'my claims, any modiiied forms of structure `oruse of :mechanical equivalents which may ,be reasonably includednwithin .their tscope.

compartment having Vits open bottoni communicating with the inside of said .golf bag and Iits `top.communicating with the closable opening in the ,strip at the top of said container; said compartments extending laterally in a row.

2. In a golf bag, a multiple golf club head hood, comprising, a fan-shaped container having two substantially flat sides and a single strip forming its two ends and top and having its bottom opengand extending into said golf bag, said strip having a closable opening ,at ,the top of said *container-, 'and `a plurality't of Lvertical'partitions in said container ,and ,extending substantially tto the bottom of said eontainer'cr'eating a plurality of compartments; each compartment havingfits open-bottom communicating with the inside' of ,saidwgolfbatggand its top communicating with the losable opening in the strip at the top of said container; said compartments extending laterally in a row; said closable opening being operated by a Zipper fastener.

References fin the *le Iofyths patent 'UNITED STATES .PATENTS 2,014,589 Saadv v ..f Sept. 17, 1935 A 396,021 .Schloss v Mar. 5, 1946 2,471,169 :,Salzberg e vMay 24, 1949 V2,633,173 `Reed a `-Mar-.`31, 1953 

